soa-wiki-projectThis discussion group facilitates the progression of the SOA Wiki Project at ITtoolbox Wiki. The project is bring together experts to define Service-Oriented Architecture and document best practices through community collaboration.Project home | Project discussion group

All About Material Planning PracticesThere are many techniques used for planning the materials requirement in manufacturing industries. Today, with the advent of ERP systems, it is much easier to adopt these systems. However, some of the advanced planning techniques question the principles of traditional systems. Through this blog, I will discuss various planning techniques and their relevance in the current business context.

ERP for the Small BusinessThe purpose of this blog is to discuss the many problems small business manufacturers and distributors face with their existing software, possible software and IT solutions for small businesses, and the obstacles small business face with adopting a more sophisticated software application.

Minimal IT: Spend Less, Get MoreFollow my quest for order-of-magnitude savings in IT costs. In this weekly newsletter, I explore an alternative viewpoint which challenges the fundamental orthodoxies of IT and presents thought-provoking alternatives. You will not agree with everything I say, but I am convinced that by asking questions and exploring answers we can break through to a new and hugely valuable approach to IT.

PHP, BSD and meThe ongoing struggles of an avid PHP user as he attempts to deal with life in the early 21st century. Any thoughts resembling "an original idea" are purely by coincidence. All posted material is released under the MIT Open Source licence.

Project Management: Working With an Offshore Development TeamFollow one CEO & Senior Project Manager with experience working on more than 200 successful offshoring projects as he shares his expertise on various facets of managing small and large-scale virtual projects with teams spread around the world, including project specifications, periodicity of communication, reward systems, and overcoming distance.

The Real SOAMy name is Sandeep Paruchuri and I am a SOA Technologist working and implementing Service Oriented methodology for many years. Here, I will share my views on 'Real SOA' and what it takes to get there. Welcome to the world of "The Real SOA".

Theory and Practice of System IntegrationThe goal of these articles is to discuss the integration architecture in the real way and from the perspective of integration solution architect. I am not selling any technologies or services... I want to discuss EDA/SOA/EAI and to share ideas only.
Preferred topics - event-driven service-oriented architecture, canonical data model (or CIM - common information model), model-driven design, domain-driven design and many others...

InformaticaThe Informatica Community enables professionals to share knowledge about Informatica products and implementation etc. An interactive lounge, groups and professional networking help like-minded peers collaborate with one another

Network AdministrationThe Network Administration Community enables professionals to share knowledge about network monitoring, performance, access etc. An interactive lounge, groups and professional networking help like-minded peers collaborate with one another